Our capital city museum is home to one of Europe's finest art collections. Five hundred years of magnificent paintings, drawings, sculpture, silver and ceramics from Wales and across the world, including one of Europe's best collections of Impressionist art. The collection includes Renoir's famous 'Blue Lady, La Parisienne', Rodin's 'The Kiss' and Monet's 'Waterlilies'. The museum also has massive displays of natural history and science, including the oldest Jurassic dinosaur in the UK, Dracoraptor hanigani, all under one roof. Open Tuesday - Sunday.

This is one of Europe's biggest open-air museums. And it’s alive. Amongst the 40 re-erected historical buildings you’ll see craftsmen demonstrating traditional skills, farming of native breeds of livestock and celebrations of welsh music and dance. The museum shows you in a real life way how the Welsh lived, worked and played. Named as UK’s favourite visitor attraction in a survey by consumer magazine Which?

This museum is crammed full of the latest multimedia technology, making our history come alive. Interactive displays will enable you to see, hear and smell Wales through the industrial revolution. Be warned, some are not pretty.

If you’re feeling a bit crafty then visit our national wool museum in the centre of the Teifi valley. The newly refurbished museum tells the story of our historically important wool industry and you can have a go at carding, spinning and sewing your own wool too.

The National Slate Museum is a working piece of history. The story of our slate is told in Victorian workshops where most of the machinery is preserved in its original condition. Skilled craftsmen will show you how we split and dressed the slate. We’ll even let you take a piece of our history home with you.

See hundreds of Roman objects at the museum — including the oldest recorded piece of writing in Wales and the dazzling gemstone collection. Whilst you’re here, ask about the programme of exciting events. Don’t miss the smells, sights, and sounds of the museum’s beautiful garden or the chance to try on armour in the Barrack Room.

* some charges for special exhibitions and events and car parking charges may apply but general admission to all seven museums is free of charge.

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Culture 24We have lots of other museums too. Search for Wales on the 24 hour museum and culture website to find out about them.

What's OnFind out about some of the events and exhibitions at the seven National Museums.